Political leaders across Virginia are condemning a racist sign directed at Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears during a tense Arlington School Board meeting Thursday night.

Earle-Sears, the Republican nominee for governor, attended the meeting as the board debated its transgender bathroom policy under pressure from the U.S. Department of Education. A transgender rights rally outside the meeting featured one protester carrying a two-sided sign: One side questioned Earle-Sears’ stance on bathrooms, while the other carried a racist message comparing restrictions on transgender students to segregation-era water fountains.

The sign quickly drew widespread condemnation after images circulated online.

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